Show I. I II NEWS NEWS OF OF OUR UR MENn IN UNIFORM I r Jh i t- t I 1 J tL L Letter etter Box t Somewhere In Sicily 2 Sept 7 1943 fl j ea ear r Mother Iother 4 Well we finally struck it rich richi lh i other words we are living theto the thc fe ot of RIley We Ve have three hours hour to- to J on duty and the rest of thE thc I time me to ourselves There are three of u US here and we have an EyetIE kid who comes over and and cleans up for us He runs errands and rd goes to town for stuff We give rum him m a few cigarettes and feed him hirn We we are going to have fried chicken today that day that Is If the fellow brings S the e frying pan as he promised he would We have plenty of or eggs and tomatoes We are living fine tine on our ourI I rations Each box is for five people t I so o ever every five days they dump us of oil off a barrel of water and three I boxes of rations The worst trouble L we Yle have is In finding something i to cook In We made a frying pan out of a large milk can but you youcan can only fry three eggs at a time I 1 hope they leave us here We are ave right between two towns They built bum them on top of the mountains around aroud here In the old days figuring figuring figur- figur ing it was easier to keep the enA enS enemy en- en S A emy down the hill than to be down and keep them up i In the one town they are still using a church that is over i y years ars old There is another one I. I t that a I Is older than that but all that i r is the steeple We dont don't get getto I to go to either town It is too far up Ithe mountain and one of the towns is off limits Som Something cen cen- I W Well ll that is about all for now but will 11 write rite again soon There Is 1 no flO excuse for not having the time E YhU we are here Write soon Love h I T Nelson ta v 1 Wallace i W c I 5 September 10 1943 Dear Mr and Mrs Its It's been a long time since l T r was home but Ive I've thought so many times of the good old days in the High School at Delta In fact I iv have hav my year book with me now I. I L I must have looked through it a tiC tioren e times The They are such happy memories Now when things arent aren't 1 1 so nice at times it helps so much to be able to realize how wonderful wonder- wonder ful UI they used to be Id I'd give anything any- any V thing to be back there on our good 1 old football field receiving a kick off olf or making an end run or maybe maybe maybe may- may be getting my nose pushed in the 1 Someday things will return to toy y normal and Ill I'll certainly appreciate ate lots of things that I didn't even even ven take the time to think about before I realize now although I 1 never learned In school all that I should have that what I l' l did learn learnS S is certainly coming in handy Not only what I 1 learn learned d from books VV but also Just t th the o ordinary ary every- every A i- i da day habits 10 be a good stud student nt I al also alo o. o know that the training I received just competing in athletics is provIng provIng proving ing to my advantage In hundreds S of little ways everyday Ive I've been going to school almost constantly since I came into the army nine months ago and believe believe believe be be- lieve me they really throw things at you fast in these technical schools therefore my correspondences correspondences correspond correspond- have had to be few Last January when I 1 left Salt Lake Lak City I was was' sent to Keesler Field yield Miss where I received three threeS S weeks of basic training From there I was sent to Scott Field Ill and was given ven four months in R Radio dio operation and mechanics Our class consisted of approximately approximate approximate- ly students I felt very much satisfied when upon graduation I Iwas was was presented presented with an award of distinction along with four other fell fellows ws I am am now flow finishing six weeks of S pretty pretty difficult training in an aerial g gunnery nery school It has taken a lot lotof lotof of oft of studying so far but Ive I've done okay I believe I have one more week left then Ill I'll graduate re receiving receiving receiving re- re my silver wings and a sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's ser ser- ser ser- geant's rating That is 1 If my shootIng shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing is g good od enough next week Its It's very easy to wash out here if a aguy aguy aguy guy doesn't want it and even 1 if he does sometimes From here I will be sent to Salt Lake to be assigned to a bomber squadron as a radio gunner I know Im I'm going to enjoy it very much It will also be wonderful If I can get home again if only for fora a few hours If and when I ever get a furlough furlough fur fur- lough sough Ill I'll surely drop down and pay a visit If you see any of my 01 please tell them themo o r me o of your friends and students L Dene Dutson |